Himidifier.



J. T. LOGKHART.

HUMIDIFIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.10, 191-1. 1,005,723. Patented 001. 1o, 1911. l 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

nw mm um Q o Witnesses J. T. LOCKHART.

HUMIDIFIBR.

APPLIUATION FILED 111111.10, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

3 SHBETS-SHEBT 2.

W'tnesses A W'z'tnesses J. T. LOCKHART. HUHIDIPIBI." ArrLIoumx FILED un. 10,1911.

Patented0ct. 10, 1911'.

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beate places, is relieved by moisture cxuded from witter receptacles connected by piping i to a healing member.

lvide moisture in the atmosphere in living terior thereof any suitablel .form pf inlet. valve operated by the float Q. in precisely the is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine.

l The invention relates to improvements in luimidilicrs, as described in the presenti spceilication and illustrated in the. accom-l panying drawings that forni part of the. same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the dry condition of the atmos there in chambers, corridors and other The-objects of the iiivcntidn are to prorooius aiul places, to devise a means of circulation of the air of the apartment, and generally to furnish an automatic s 'stein of liainidifying the atmosphere in bui dings of simple. cheap aiul durable construction..

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a diagramiaatic view, showing a plurality of tanks and their connections to a heater. Fig. 2 is a longiti'idinal sectional view of a water re- !eeptaele witliiu the partition walls, showing ithe. wall gratings forming the passages for Ithe flow of the moist air into the rooin and :y the llow of the dry and spent air therefrom. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view` in erspee- '.ive, of n water receptacle. showing tlie tlooring therenbove, the walls of the partition and the gratings in the walls. Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of a water receptacle, the flooring;` thereabove, partition alls'iibore said flooringl and single grating forming the passage `l'or tho moisture into a single apartment.. Fig. 5 is a perspeetivodo tail of a water reeeptaele partly brolien away in one of its sides.

laico numerals of reference indicate. correspoiliding parts iu cach li varo.

lteierring to the drawings, 1 is the regulating water receptacle having in the inmune enumeran in any {lushing cistern, saidreceptacle having the inlet il connected with! the main water sup ly bv the pipe 4 and the. outlet It in the bot oui thereo 0 is an overtlow pipe from a suitable over- ,tleineatlet-lit tty tcceatncle 1. A.

'i' are water rece ilacles here shown-as of rectangular box -orni and .comparatively shallow, though it. must'. be understoml they muy be of any size or shape, said receptacles having the inner and outer bottoms 8 and J respectively, projecting outivarilly at one. end inthe spout form l0, the :loable .sidesll and l2 suitably spaced apart, the outer sides-1l closing in the sides of the `spout extension 10 of the bottoms 8 and 9, and the ends 13, said ends extending completely across between the outer sides 11 and joined to the ends of the inner sides 12 and to thc inner bottom 8, said receptacles also having the inlet openings 14, the return outlet openings 15 and the overllow-outlct openings 1V. It will be thus seen that cach receptacle 'i' has the interior water-compartment 17 llanlted by the air passages 18, said air passages communicating willi the air passage between the bottoms 8 and 9 and the spout opening 10.

20 is the main inlet pipe leading to the inlet o enings 14 of the water'receptacle 'i' from tie heating coil 21.

22 is the main return pipe leading from the return outlets 15 to the coil 2l 23 is a pipe leading from the outlet 5 of the rcceptac e 1 to the pipe 24, said pipe 2l being connected and.communicating willi the coil 21. said pipes 23 and Q4 formingr l the feed pipes for keeping the heating coil 21 nutoiuatically supp ed with water. consequently, as the regulating reeeptaele 1 is i constantly7 supplied with water b v means ot i the supp y pipe 4 anil the eoil 2t supplied willi water through the pipes 28 and Q-l, the i reee itacles 7 must also be constantly supi plie with witter, as the coil .21 isconneeteit [with said receptacles by the inlet pipe -Jo and the return pipe 22, therefore, there is an uninterrupted circulation of water through Maid receptacles as well as a means i for governing the water level in eaeli of #said receptacles 7. said means being the i tloat operated inlet valve' in the regulating Mantel. l .5 is anovertlow pipe from the overflow l outlets lti from the receptacles 7, connected willi the overllow pipe t from the receptacle l and eonneeted with the pipe Qi and exi tending beyond said pipe to the drain. .ti is a turn-cork in the pipe ..l-t betweeni the pipe and the pipe 2li, thus the water uhieh rises beyond its pro uu' level will pour through the orerllow oiit ets into the overllow pipo .25 aud tlow down to the drain, liirtlier by opening` the cock 2.6, the whole isystem may be emptied and if desired thor- '=l oaglily lluiihed. 'll s a heater, having the fire box 28,

', luto which the eoil 21 extends, thereby kecpdas thenew?thtis.sxciiliitiniijn,mitre to one end of the receptacle 7. These reration is extremely importantI and will now.'`

be described. c

29 are tloorings terminating at the valls :t0 and 3l of the paitition 32, said walls having openingsadjacent; to said floors covered by the gratings 33 and -t, the gratines :tu forming strani egress passages and the gratings 3ft forming dry air ingress pasi titltlits'.

:t5 is a hell at its upper end rigidly seenred to tlie flooring Jil or the base aliovo said -tlooriug and at its lower end secured to the outer walls 11 of the reeeptiiele T, said F bell having in the flaring portion thereof, the hatlle strips ti for prevent-ing,r a condensation dri i entering thc air passages 18.

Si' is a topper chamber at its lower end eoiuieeted to the spout oiening 10 and at its upper end open to the t ow of airthroiigh the gratings till, said hopper chamber-below said flooring .Zti being preferably-adjacent ceptacles 7 are similarly placed in various parts of n house. either in the rooms, corridors or other places. In Fig. 4, the ari'an ement is shown for l a corridor not immer iately adjoining a i rooni, in which the passage is single, and in this arrangement an arch-shaped passage 38 is formed within the partition from the receptacle 7, lendin(v to the single gratingtl. In the use of this invention, the w-ater is heated hy nieans of the heating coihfll. to boiling mint and circulated throughout the receptacles 7. the proicr level being regulated bythe float 2 ain the regulating receptacle l. 'lhis boiling water is in constant circulation, therefore, the steam generated rises and passes through the gratings 83 or fin into the particular apartuientl and there rises and spreads throughout the room and iinparts to the atmosphere the correct humidity for a living room. 'llie spent andi dry air, which is constantly being iuade in a l heated rooni, is, to n gi'eatextent, lilanlteted i by the properly uioistened air and cveiitu-l ally driven through the gratings 84 into' the hopper chambers 3T, llowing from saidi hopper ehnnibcrs 3T through the passagesf It) and t8 and in tnrii driving the nioist aii' ascending froin the receptacle T througlif the gratings B3 and naturally receiving its* share of moisture in mixing with said air in fact constituting a icrfect circulation ofi nir, thereby keeping tie atmosphere la tliet apaitinent, not only in the proper state oft humidity, but in n constantly fresh andf elena condition..

.The exact forni of heater is not essential to this invention, nor the exact forni of heating coils, as any form of water heater may be used and any forni ot connections, the preferable plan of the piping is shown, but it will be understood that under sonia circumstances this will be changed to meet thcexisting.'l conditions, furthermore, many of thc details of construction and arrangement may be modified so long as the scope of the invention, as iointed out in the claims is not departed rom.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a humidifier, the roniliination willi the heater having a suitable water beatingr device, of a plurality ol" water receptacles having inlets and outlets, a cistern haring a niain water inlet and an outlet. an inlet. pipe. freni said heating device to said receptacles, a return pipe from the outlets ofsait receptacles to said heatin device, a feed pipe from the outlet of said cistern to said heating device, and an overflow pipe from said receptacles and said cistern und leading to the drain.

2. In a humidifier, the combination with a-heater having a suitable water heating device, of a plurality of water receptacles having inlets and outlets, a cistern having an iniet and outlets a main water supply pipe lconnected 4to said inlet of the cistern, a float operated valve controlling.,1r the main water inlet to said eistern, pipes connecting the inlets of said water receptacles to said heat-ing device, pipes connecting-thc return water outlets of said receptacles to said heating device, pipes connecting the overflow outlets ot said water receptacles and the overflow ontletl of said cistern to the drain, a feed pipe necting said drain pipe, said feed pipe and said return pipe at its connection to `said heating device, and a turn eoclt in said connecting pipe between said feed pipe and said drain pipe.

3. In a humidifier. the combination with a water heater, of a plurality of water receptaeleshaving donble'side walls forming air to and outlets l'i'oni the water conipaitinent between said double side walls` n systeni of tloir and return water piping to and troni .said water heater and water coiupartnient inlets and outlets, and a cistern regulating the feed of water into said heater and the level of tho water in the water receptacles.

-l. In a hiiinidlifier, tho combination with a v water heater, ola plurality of tanks, each of isaid tanks having a double bottoni and dou- ,hle side walls, said double bottom forming tan air passage to the air passages formed by Esnid double sides and an inlet to and oiitlets from the water eorapartmentuwithin the from the outlet of said eistern. a pipe con-` passages and inlets to said passages from` the ends of the receptacles and suitablel inlets inner walls, n ls rsteiri ot pipingr connecting Ilia 'water of said receptacles with the.- lie:itei',and a estern regulating, the feed of g 'water into said henteraiid connectedtliereto, and the level of the, water in said rel ieeptacles. -t

5. Tu a dcvieo of the class described, in '1 ieombination. a water receptacle having inner f., fsides, inner bottom and ends forming in the linterior thereof a water compartiment and 'outer sides and outer bottom with the afore-l ,il

'said inner bottom forming a lateral spout extension at one end thereof leading to air iL passages between said bottoms and walls, .means connected with said spout. extension for directing air into said passages, and means for feeding hot water into said com :i p partaient. l n. ln 'a devine of the class'described, a f :water receptacle having hollow walls and ibottom forming air passages and securely supported within an apartmentI partition, a. `hopper chamber within the apartment part tit ion eoiiiieeted with said passages formed of tholl'ow walls and bottoni, gratings in the;A pai'tition walls above said receptacle and -.said hopper ehainber respectively, meansfor sap ilyiiig water to said receptacle, an gmeana or heating said water.

T. Tn a device of the class described` in icoiiibination, a water receptacle having lio'lihm' sides and bottom, a bell secured at the upper ciu s and leading into a space between ipai-tition walls and at its lower end rigidly lseeured to the outer walls on said receptacle :and having condensation drip water liallle strips secured thereto intermediate of the depth of the flaring poi-tions, grat-ings seicured iii suitable openings in said partition walls and forming mois-tened air passages, la water heater, a system of water piping ',eoiinect-ing said receptacle to said water heater` gratings forming passages for dry air through openings in said partition walls, a lioppci chamber secured below said'dry air gratings and conneetod with the )assage formed in the hollow bottom of said receptacle, and a cistern governing the supply of water to said heater and regulating t tha .level ot water iii said water receptacle.

Signed at the city and district of Mon treat. Quebec, Canada, this eighth day of; March, 19t l. .Tous ,'riioi-ias Lociciiaivr. l 'Witnesses:

G. I-I. Tansinnna, 

